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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: CHOST="i486-pc-linux-gnu" ?
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:08:22
Message-Id: gm62jp$qo9$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CHOST="i486-pc-linux-gnu" ? by Grant
1 Grant wrote:
2 >>> I'm installing Gentoo on an Acer Aspire 110. It's one of the
3 >>> "netbook" laptops. /etc/make.conf says:
4 >>>
5 >>> CHOST="i486-pc-linux-gnu"
6 >>>
7 >>> Is that correct?
8 >> If it's an Intel-compatible (x86) and Gentoo is 32-bit, then yes, that's
9 >> correct.
10 >
11 > OK, does i686 indicate 64-bit?
12
13 No. 64-bit is "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu". I don't know why you have i486
14 instead of i686, but I do know that i486 is correct too. If it has any
15 drawbacks compared to i686, no idea.